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Friday, January 28, 2005
Not The Brightest Bulb in the Box
Someone must have forgotten to tell this guy that if you're going to phone in a bomb threat on the Super Bowl, you should probably not leave you name and cell phone number.
A man accused of leaving voice mail on the City Council president's phone saying "killing 100,000 people would get people's attention," was arrested Thursday, accused of making a bomb threat....Being held in the Duval County jail? Do they have padded cells and backwards jackets? Just sayin'....
The message began, "Hi Elaine." A man who said his name was Albert Strickland left a cell phone number police traced to Jacksonville resident Albert Ray Strickland, 56. He was charged Thursday with threatening to discharge a destructive device -- a felony. No bomb was found in his Hyde Park home.
In the message, the man said Jacksonville didn't deserve the Super Bowl and said he wanted the mayor, city council and members of law enforcement to resign. He said police had tried to kill him several times. In the message, the man described himself as a scientist intent on stopping the Super Bowl, that he believed in the Big Bang theory and was "obsessed with the size it needs to be." The police report indicated that officers who interviewed Strickland said his voice matches that in the recorded message.
Strickland is being held at the Duval County jail and is scheduled for a first appearance Friday afternoon.
